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Samsung's Galaxy S-series may be the unofficial representative of premium flagship Android smartphones, at least in the U.S., but it has, in recent years, also gained another reputation. The company has become known for its mission of refining the design and feel for the past few generations of S-series devices, to...
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The original Gamecube Controller is a product of Nintendo's eccentric design sensibilities, but it's still a favorite of gamers. Talk to Smash Bros players, for instance, and they'll immediately extol the virtues of this wacky-looking gamepad. The controller has been re-released on occasion, but some purists want the...
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Apple has been busy releasing a bunch of new hardware products, including its AirPods 4 earbuds, the iPhone 16, and several color additions to its flagship AirPods Max headphones. As it pertains to the latter, if you don't care about the new color options (midnight, starlight, blue, purple, and orange), then you can...
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The month of September is chock full of celestial goodness, with a partial lunar eclipse highlighting the festivities. September’s full moon, also called the Harvest moon, will also be a Supermoon, meaning it will appear ever so slightly bigger and brighter than the average full moon.
As NASA and the US government...
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One of the early promises of DDR5 memory when it first appeared on the scene was that speeds would hit a blistering DDR5-10000, leaving even the fastest DDR4 memory kits built for overclocking in the dust. We're not quite there yet, but we're closer than ever with Asgard trumpeting its new Thor-branded DDR5-9600...
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As space exploration aims to go further than ever before, space agencies and companies are looking at new ways to sustain longer duration space flights, as well as on other planetary bodies. A collaboration between Airbus, Cranfield University, and the European Space Agency (ESA) brought about the first metal 3D...
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202 miles per hour. Under seven minutes at the Nurburgring. Those are just some of the numbers Ford is claiming its all-new 2025 Mustang GTD bat-out-of-hell is capable of achieving. The speed and power from this fethered Mustang exceeds even that of the haloed Shelby GT500, and if you plan on buying one (assuming you...
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Apple recently held its yearly iPhone event, where it introduced the world to the iPhone 16. Its next important product family, the Mac lineup, is also slated for an update sometime this fall. According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, Apple is planning to introduce its M4 Macs soon at another dedicated hardware...
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Hot on the heels of Sony releasing its upgraded PlayStation 5 Pro console, there's some interesting chatter surrounding what comes next—the PlayStation 6, which will be a true next-generation game system rather than an iterative upgrade. The PS6 is apparently in development as you read this, and is likely to once...
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Samsung and LG have some incredible deals on gaming monitors right now. Whether someone wants an UltraWide experience, or a mainstream 27-inch monitor, the two companies have a myriad of options to choose from.
Samsung 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9
The Samsung 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9 gaming monitor will immerse any...
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Apple has long been stingy with the amount of RAM it includes with its devices, and the iPhone 16 lineup will be no different. During an interview Johny Srouji, Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Technologies, revealed that all the forthcoming models will come with 8GB of RAM.
This is in stark contrast to...
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AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) has been through a lot of iterations. The first major version was a straightforward spatial upscaler that produced unsatisfactory results unless the render resolution was very close to the output resolution. FSR2 was a major step forward, introducing motion vectors and temporal...
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Starlink and United Airlines will be joining forces to bring broadband internet to United's fleet of airplanes. Starlink will allow for gate-to-gate internet service and will unlock inflight entertainment experiences, such as access to live TV and streaming services, shopping, gaming, and more.
While SpaceX has...
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Look, we know it's tempting if you're a gamer with the requisite $700, but please don't buy a PS5 Pro. It's an awful lot of money for a toy that can only play the games that Sony says you can play. It doesn't even have the excuse of being a really high-quality Blu-Ray player like the PS3 did—there's no disc drive at...
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Microsoft is making some changes to SymCrypt, which is the core cryptographic function library currently used by Windows. These changes are based on the guidance provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This is to prepare for a future where quantum computers, which are vastly more...
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Apple’s latest iPhone 16 models are finally up for preorder, with a slew of storage and color options to choose from. Whether an Apple fan prefers the larger Pro Max in Black Ttianium, or the smaller and more affordable iPhone 16 in Ultramarine, the choice is theirs to make.
iPhone 16 Pro Max Preorders Are...
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Google is adding new safety features to make the browsing more secure for Chrome users with the latest update. The company will be bring various improvements to Safety Check and provide the ability for users to have more granular control over permissions granted to websites.
An improved version of Safety Check will...
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During Apple's recent "Glow Up" event, it revealed an array of new products, inlcuding the iPhone 16 Pro Max and an updated family of AirPods. The existing AirPods Pro 2 remain the same hardware wise, but add an interesting new feature that will be available as a free software update. Billed "hearing health" by Apple, the AirPods Pro 2 just
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As NASA and other space agencies continue working toward sedning humans back to the moon, the agency’s Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) program is leading efforts to create a coordinated lunar time standard. The goal is to enable a future lunar ecosystem that could be scalable to other locations in our solar...
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It's a new school year, and chances are good that the old Windows 7-based 2012-vintage laptop you were planning to give to the kid is really on its last legs. Grab something new with a fresh version of Windows and all of the accoutrements you expect from a brand-new laptop, like a modern screen in high resolution, a...
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For Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 200 desktop processors, perhaps more familiar by their code-name "Arrow Lake", Intel has removed Hyper-Threading from the P-cores. That makes those CPUs narrower, so they might not need as much memory bandwidth, right? Well, the Skymont E-cores are nearly three times as wide as the...
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SpaceX has performed the first private spacewalk during the Polaris Dawn mission, viewing Earth 458 miles below. Crew members Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis took turns floating just outside the Dragon capsule while wearing specially-designed suits.
After having its launch delayed due to the FAA grounding all...
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